Serie A
Mourinho: “I’ll be happy if we get a defender in January”
Jose Mourinho has admitted Roma are struggling to make signings and that he would be happy for his management to get a centre-forward in January, while also speaking about the cult relationship he has built with Giallorossi fans.
Jose Mourinho has complained on a number of occasions about the “short” squad at his disposal, speaking of a serious hindrance to Roma’s attempt to excel on many fronts.
However, in the press conference he gave on Wednesday before the game against Sheriff for the Europa League group stage final, the Portuguese appeared more flexible, admitting that the management is having difficulty carrying out transfers and stressing that this is the case If a central defender is signed he will be happy in January.
“Our signings always depend on what we can do. I think I’m the coach. We are together, it’s not that I want one thing, Thiago wants another and the owners want something else. We all want the same thing.”
I’m not jealous, but City paid €80 million for Phillips and in January they sent him out and got another player. We are a different story. I would like 1, 2, 3, 4 players. We are all trying to improve the team and become stronger, but we are struggling to do it.” the Portuguese coach pointed out and added meaningfully:
“I’ll tell you honestly: if we get a defender in January, I will be happy. Do I want more? Sure, but that’s not possible. They are working on giving me solutions for a defender when we get one.” With him we will have difficulties for the UEFA list.
I want people to understand honesty when talking about goals. It’s one thing to want and another to be able to do it. All we can do is find a defense attorney who can help.”
Regarding his future at Roma and the fact that the fans will sell out another game, this one against Serif, he argued: “I don’t have to think about my future, everything is clear in my head. World events are moving in my favor, but they shouldn’t be doing it for me, the players deserve support.”
I can’t say anything about the sellout with Sheriff, the day the Olimpico isn’t full will be a negative surprise for me. It’s nice and the full stadium motivates us. On Thursday we have to win for them, for us, for football, which we have to respect.”
Source: sport 24
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